“Cinema Sabaya” may be heading to the Academy Awards and is definitely heading to North America. A press release announced that Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Orit Fouks Rotem’s award-winning feature debut, Israel’s submission to the 2023 International Feature Oscar race. Described as a “richly textured portrait of a group of Arab and Israeli women taking part in a documentary filmmaking workshop,” “Cinema Sabaya” is slated for a 2023 theatrical release with a digital and home video release to follow.
“Cinema Sabaya” is inspired by Rotem’s own experience “teaching filmmaking to groups of women in Acre and Givat Haviva in Northern Israel,” per the release. “Eight women,